Blogs from New Zealand, Oceania - page 2318

Hi all - tar V much for all your lovely comments on the last blog. It was dead exciting logging in and seeing that there were some extra messages there. The home page just tells us that there are un-reviewed messages, so then we have a flutter of anticipation while we wait to see who has been sending us little love notes! Good also to see what you were up to while reading our last update. Our personal favourite on this occasion has to be Morvern - what a super high class career girly you are - reading our blog on the train on your posho laptop! Bet everyone who got on at Falkirk was looking at you thinking you are a top executive - but we all know that really you work on the bin ... read more

So the debate has finally ended! there IS a defference between chips and fries. Chips are thick and chunky...and according to Tom they are more healthy bc there is less serface area per potato area meaning less of the potato hits the fat so thus healthier...right. Fries are...also according to Tom...a sad excuss for chips hehe. no they are McDonalds style, you know skinny and less potato (my fav but that maybe becuase its the only place you can get real ketsup!) This one is for uncle mike....well i couldnt tell what way the toliets flush bc every toliet is this really wired like super power kind that you cant watch the water go down BUT in the shower you can notice...the water goes down counter clock-wise...i dont remember what way it goes back home but ... read more

Hello If somebody hadn't told me, i would've never thought march was already here. It seems like december was yesterday and i was preparing to set off. I hate the unyeilding force that is time. It can't be reasoned with. So, you don't waste it. Hope everyone is doing great. The weather set in. I left Fjordland and explored the west coast of the south island. i explored the glaciers first. I went up to the Franz Josph Glacier first but too many people and way too commercial. I went back down to the Fox Glacier and was able to explore that valley in peace. The ocean is only 7 miles away from these massive glaciers. They are receding but they still snake down from high up the mighty Southern Alps. I rolled north through the ... read more

Gamble Number One Despite a poor weather forecast, Emma, Matt (a friend from Brant Lake - I say friend, really I should be less liberal with the use of that term, let's just say this dude I know, well actually dude is probably overstating his case and to say I know this guy - I had never actually conversed with him until he arrived at the airport the other day - so there was already a large element of risk in this trip) and I took off to QT. Already living on the edge, by choosing a 3 hour car journey with two (practically) strangers I could barely contain myself. I entertained the passengers with stories of my youth which made the time fly by. What felt like 18 hours later, we arrived just short of ... read more

Day 1- Wellington to Picton over the Ferry. Drive to St. Arnaud Day 2- Alpine Hiking in Nelson Lakes National Park Day 3- River Rafting the Buller River, Maruia Hot Springs Day 4- Driving West Coast from Pancake Rocks to Fox Glacier Day 1- Wellington felt strikingly like San Francisco. If I knew nothing about its long history of earthquakes, maritime climate or its lively arts scene- I would still feel the same way. The people I saw were either young professionals or students. Everyone was trendy and lots of people were on the streets, giving the feeling of being downtown in NYC or SF. The skyscrapers of Central Wellington are crammed in between steep hills and the ocean. The surrounding geography lends itself to this layout as well, causing Wellington to have the highest property ... read more